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New York State Police have charged five people with murder in the killing of a missing man who authorities said died following repeated acts of violence and torture for more than a month by multiple individuals who later discarded his body in a field.

Jurors have watched videos showing Salman Rushdie being repeatedly stabbed on a stage in western New York while audience members gasped in horror at the attack.

A new cost of living increase is threatening New Yorkers’ budgets. NBC New York’s Marc Santia reports on the latest Con Edison proposals. 

At a time when it feels like the price of everything is going up, there might be one more thing to add to the list: Double-digit increases could be coming to some electric and gas bills across New York and New Jersey.

The lawsuit is the latest effort by the Trump administration to force so-called sanctuary cities and states to cooperate more fully with federal immigration laws. It sets New York up for an intensifying showdown with the feds, just as NYC Mayor Eric Adams reached a deal with them. NBC New York’s Melissa Russo reports.

President Donald Trump’s newly installed U.S. attorney general used her first official press conference to announce that she will sue New York, as well as the governor and top state figures, over policies limiting cooperation with federal immigration authorities.

Monty the giant schnauzer won the top prize at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show Tuesday night.

A day care worker was arrested and is facing charges after she allegedly passed out while under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs while caring for infants, police said. Thirty-eight-year-old Maria Rubino allegedly fainted at a day care on Deer Park Avenue in Babylon, Long Island, on Monday at around 12:40 p.m. After being transported to Good Samaritan University...

The state of New York has banned the Chinese artificial intelligence assistant DeepSeek on government devices.

Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that, as part of New York State’s continued effort to combat the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), the Department of Agriculture and Markets (AGM) has issued a new Notice and Order for live bird markets that have not had a detection of HPAI in New York City and Westchester, Suffolk, and Nassau counties....

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has ordered live poultry markets to close in NYC, Westchester County and on Long Island, and remain shut for days. It comes as bird flu continues to spread throughout the country. NBC New York’s Lynda Baquero reports.

Gov. Hochul announced she is ordering the temporary closure of live poultry markets in New York City, Westchester and on Long Island after seven cases of bird flu were detected in the city. NBC New York’s Jessica Cunnington reports. 

Carroll Park in Mount Pleasant was shut down, with a sign telling people to stay away, after a dozen Canada geese were found dead in the partially frozen pond. Officials worried bird fly may have played a role in the deaths. NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said authorities should now move quickly and pursue criminal charges against those responsible for the death of Robert Brooks.

West Point will disband all its cultural clubs, including those for women and minorities, according to a memo from the Corps of Cadets in response to presidential executive orders and Army guidance that NBC News obtained. Aside from disbanding all the cultural clubs, the memo — which was sent out Tuesday — also says that the clubs cannot continue informal…

A 29-year-old man pleaded guilty to federal charges Tuesday for firing a shotgun outside an upstate New York synagogue during the early months of the Israel-Hamas war. Mufid Fawaz Alkhader was arrested in December 2023 after firing two shots in the air and shouting “Free Palestine!” outside Temple Israel of Albany. Alkhader’s shotgun jammed before he could fire a third time....

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday signed a bill to shield the identities of doctors who prescribe abortion medications, days after a physician in the state was charged with prescribing abortion pills to a pregnant minor in Louisiana. The new law, which took effect immediately, allows doctors to request for their names to be left off abortion pill bottles and...

New York Attorney General Letitia James on Monday told hospitals that they would be violating state law if they stop offering gender-affirming care for people under age 19 in response to an executive order from President Donald Trump aimed at curtailing federal funding for such treatments. In a letter, James, a Democrat, told health care facilities that refusing to provide the...

Multiple hospitals across the nation have paused gender-affirming care for minors because of an executive order signed by President Trump. The order restricts access and cuts federal funding for such care. NBC New York’s Brittany Miller spoke with groups concerned about the change.

Kaitlyn Conley has been serving a 23-year sentence in the 2015 death of chiropractor Dr. Mary Yoder.